The Attendance and Welfare Officer sits in the pastoral team at Boston Spa Academy, a secondary school, and works to raise student attendance and punctuality. The work involves monitoring attendance data, shaping intervention plans and making home visits, while building relationships with families and outside agencies to tackle barriers. The post is term time only, 37 hours a week plus one extra working week, and suits someone who has supported young people in a secondary school. Enhanced DBS clearance is required and visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Promote excellent attendance and punctuality across the academy
- Work with students, families, pastoral leaders and external agencies to identify and remove barriers to attendance
- Monitor attendance data
- Support intervention strategies to improve attendance
- Conduct home visits where required
- Build positive relationships with parents and carers to improve outcomes for young people
What's required
Experience
- Experience of working with young people and supporting them to overcome barriers to success
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including building relationships with students, parents, carers, colleagues and external agencies
- Strong understanding of attendance processes, safeguarding responsibilities and factors affecting attendance and wellbeing
- Ability to analyse attendance data and use it to inform targeted interventions
- Passion for improving outcomes for young people, with drive, resilience and determination
Checks & eligibility
- Full enhanced DBS check
- Right to work in the UK
- Full clean driving licence
Nice to have
- Experience within a secondary school environment
What's offered
- Membership of a local government pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme giving confidential advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Continued investment in training and career development across the trust
- Discounts and online offers at major high street and online retailers
- £2k cycle to work scheme
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
